There’s an Open Totter policy for Teeter Talk, which means that I’ll pretty much totter with anyone who’s willing. When political candidates totter during an election, I try to make sure that there’s equal opportunity for tottering all around.

Having tottered with Carsten Hohnke back in September, it was thus fitting and proper that I took a turn with John Floyd a couple of weeks ago. While I’m satisfied to have tottered with both Ward 5 city council candidates before Election Day, I’d like to extend my apologies to readers for not turning around the transcript for John’s Talk in a more timely fashion. As a way of partly compensating for the delay, that Talk includes a rare departure from the usual text-only practice: some bonus audio of John’s fiddle playing right there on the teeter totter.

Note: As a matter of practice, Teeter Talk has never endorsed candidates for political office, and The Ann Arbor Chronicle continues this approach. For additional information on the two candidates, visit their websites:

MICATS (Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands) is reporting that two of its protesters have been arrested for locking their necks with bicycle U-locks to pipeline construction trucks being used for the Enbridge Line 6B pipeline expansion. [Source]

In a roundup of the lineup for the Aug. 5, 2014 primary elections, we overstated by one year Ward 5 councilmember Chuck Warpehoski’s length of service as a council representative on the city’s environmental commission. He served in that capacity during his first year on the council. We note the error here and have corrected the original article.